Monday, August 07, 2017

This Saturday, Virginia’s Lee Park is slated to be the meeting place of the Unite The Right rally, a much-publicized gathering of far-right personalities and their sycophants. With less than a week to go, Airbnb has taken active measures to delete the accounts of some members the company believes to be staying in Charlottesville for the rally... According to screenshots shared on Twitter, the users have apparently been banned for violating Airbnb’s Terms of Service.

"Violating Terms of Service" is SJW speak for banning badthinkers and thought criminals. And their list of badthinkers and thought criminals is growing every single day.

Meanwhile, at Google, you can expect to discuss diversity, and nothing but diversity, should you happen to interview there. The middle managers want to make sure they hire nothing but SJWs. At this rate, Google's eventual crash-and-burn promises to rival Yahoo's.

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This is clearly a violation of the Law. AirBnB is a Public Accommodation [hotel] (so are Twitter and Facebook, for that matter) and they do not have the right to refuse service to the public on the basis of "a person's national origin, race, color, religion, disability, sex, and familial status. Laws prohibiting national origin discrimination make it illegal to discriminate because of a person's birthplace, ancestry, CULTURE or language. This means people cannot be denied accommodation because they or their family participate in CERTAIN CUSTOMS associated with a NATIONAL ORIGIN GROUP (like Republicans, Libertarians, Nationalists), etc."

Also, the term "religion" as used herein refers to ANY set of beliefs a person follows. The term used use to be Creed: "Any system or codification of belief or of opinion." - Dictionary.com

I just hope someone, any one of these people denied service from AirBnB files a lawsuit. They WILL win.

You commit to treat everyone–regardless of race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or age–with respect, and without judgment or bias.

— Airbnb’s new SJW diktat

We’ll be implementing a new policy called Open Doors. Starting October 1st, if a Guest anywhere in the world feels like they have been discriminated against in violation of our policy – in trying to book a listing, having a booking canceled, or in any other interaction with a host – we will find that Guest a similar place to stay if one is available on Airbnb, or if not, we will find them an alternative accommodation elsewhere.

It would seem to me that the recruiter has just announced that getting the best qualified, most talented, most profitable employees is no longer his goal. He announced his intention to NOT DO HIS JOB, in the interest of SJW.

Things like this are why we can't let any of them in once the national divorce takes place. They will beg, plead, and assure of us their change of heart, but they cannot ever be allowed in. It is justified without any guilt on our parts. They deserve no pity, only scorn.

Airbnb is awful. Shortly after getting that email I decided to quit them. They also sent a lovely letter about the refugees soon after the GEs travel ban. And they're trying to get hosts to enable instant book meaning you can't review the guest before booking. Horrible company. They care not a whit for hosts' safety, but not welcoming diversity is a crime, er TOS violation

Even 5 or 6 years ago when I interviewed at Google (free trip to visit friends) the interview process was saturated with SJW smugness and diversity bragging. They keep checking in to see if I've had a change of heart and would consider another trip out to "explore what Google has to offer". I stopped answering their calls and emails after turning them down the first time.

SouthRon - Looks like Google has changed beyond recognition from 13-15 years ago, when it was still a fun, irreverent startup that boasted of only hiring certified geniuses and the spergiest of lords.

Scale tends to lower standards because big companies have lots more space for useless people to hide in, but Google's rapid metamorphosis into full-blown poly-tranny-bluehair-pedo-AIDS is still remarkable.

I'm wondering if the culture of Silicon Valley is now inherently toxic to long term business growth. Sure, it's still full of clever nerds and investor capital, but if you're one of the 10% of startups that succeeds you'll start to accrete unproductive freaks and losers till your company resembles some sort of genderfluid circus and then ossifies and dies.

Isn't it illegal to make a hiring decision based on religion, politics, race, etc????? Hasn't he put himself in a bit of legal jeopardy with such a statement? It would seem he could be sued by a candidate who wasn't selected who claims they were passed over for religious / political beliefs.

Tom Terrific, when I read your first sentence I couldn't even tell which portion of the story you were referring to. It would come down to a court case, but what the Google recruiter said is likely also already quite illegal.

If I was investing in stocks, I would seriously consider betting against google.

The problem is timing especially with a company like google. Investment banks investing in tech firms do not care at all about current profits. When google starts showing losses all they have to do is spin a yarn about all the new potential technology they are working on that is right around the corner. It is going to take awhile for investment firms to finally stop believing them and timing that is going to be hard.

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If I was investing in stocks, I would seriously consider betting against google.

The problem is timing especially with a company like google. Investment banks investing in tech firms do not care at all about current profits. When google starts showing losses all they have to do is spin a yarn about all the new potential technology they are working on that is right around the corner. It is going to take awhile for investment firms to finally stop believing them and timing that is going to be hard.

Case in point: How long was AOL traded around for real money long after it was a rotting corpse?

The writing was on the wall about 8 months ago when they started telling the people renting their own homes they had no say in who rented from them, because racism. It's been all down hill from that point. The SJWs at AirBnB think they can survive any backlash because they are the industry "brand name". The problem is, the industry is still really young and there are virtually no barriers to entry for any more freedom focused competition.

How much of this cancerous nonsense does it take for a company as massive as google to actually go under? Why is Amazon seemingly better inoculated against this when it has the same types of crazies working for them?

So we've reached a point where a man showing up for a job interview in a dress is more likely to receive a job offer from the largest American companies than a man who expresses approval for the President. Burn it all down.

" 32. Blogger Alexandros August 07, 2017 7:51 AM How much of this cancerous nonsense does it take for a company as massive as google to actually go under? Why is Amazon seemingly better inoculated against this when it has the same types of crazies working for them?"

The biggest social media companies are a goldmine of data on billions of people. Some of those companies got their seed funding from a fedgov source. The fedgov will never let them go under if they can help it.

My guess about Amazon, because they sell actual real things, ojective reality has a chance to guide their practices.

Not sure, but at one time I thought I heard that Bezos was more libertarian in his leanings...acquisition of WaPo caused ne to question that. The butthurt is strong in Seattle and it can wear any sane soul down after a while.

Unless there's a massive change in management, which I don't foresee, when the business history books are written it'll be ranked up there with the Arthur Andersen/Enron self destruction. Unfortunately, it will only be the headline example. It will be long list.

> Isn't it illegal to make a hiring decision based on religion, politics, race, etc?????

Religion and race, yes. Politics? It can be, but it's not a federal law. It varies by state and municipality.

> Use www.bing.com.

Sorry, I have far more problems with Microsoft than I do with Google.

> How the heck does AirSJW know the reason why certain users want to stay in Charlotte?

True, but there are far fewer reasons to want to stay in Charlottesville, Va.

> There cannot be very many profit-centers at Google.

There's only one profit center at Google: Advertising.

> The SJWs at AirBnB think they can survive any backlash because they are the industry "brand name".

The dumps are full of "brand names". They think they're special when all they are is a computerized middle man. Two college kids could set up a competitor on AWS in about 15 minutes.

> Can Google's new policy of discrimination be held up in a court of law?

That's a very good question. First, it's not Google's official policy (yet). Second, it depends on the applicable law in their area (most likely California). Third, since it's not their official policy you'd have to show a pattern of discrimination indicating that it was either tolerated or encouraged by management.

But if that's the route they go, it's only a matter of time till an enterprising lawyer decides the money is worth it.

Interesting route for lawfare, now that I think about it. If "a commitment to diversity" is clearly a no-foolin dog whistle for being a Democrat, and could be found illegal during a job interview, then what would that imply about all the other "dedicated to diversity" training and such? It is illegal to require political affiliation for employment. If "diversity" is clearly not simply "a universally agreed good thing" but instead a particular belief of a particular party, mandatory training and such is probably illegal.

I hope that 45 minute interview is for people wanting to be sellers, not people just wanting a freaking room for the night. What pretentious crap.

This is a good example of why the Left prefers big business over small. If there are only a handful of hotels and motels and convention centers in town, and they're all licensed by some governing authority, it's much easier for that authority to twist their elbows and keep them from inviting badthinker groups to hold events there. If property owners are doing their own thing outside that control structure, it's much harder.

The problem is, the industry is still really young and there are virtually no barriers to entry for any more freedom focused competition.

Exactly. The ideal system is one where all businesses are strictly regulated so that the state can ensure everything is done by the book and mavericks are unable to upset the apple cart. I wonder if there's a name for that kind of system. Something that evokes imagery of straightness and uprightness, perhaps.

Two college kids could set up a competitor on AWS in about 15 minutes.

Yes, many of these tech companies are at heart a pretty basic web site concept (made more complex as they scale up in size) that dominated because it was the first to do something or it did something a bit better than anyone else. But now that they've grown, they no longer have the advantage of being lean and responsive, so they have to bank on their market domination and government connections to protect them from the next hungry pack of developers who want to replicate what they themselves did yesterday.

My guess about Amazon, because they sell actual real things, ojective reality has a chance to guide their practices.

That was my thought too. It makes a difference when someone has to put a thing in a box and get it from point A to point B. At least some of Amazon's employees have to interact with the real world. Google's don't. The difference is obvious in their customer service department -- Amazon has one.

It's been showing for a while. They used to innovate; now they sponsor lots of conferences and (some) innovation. They're running on inertia and market position at this point, with all their profit eggs in the basket of their increasingly poorly-paying ad system.

How would AIRBNB know it was people going to the conference but not as protesters? In fact if I was going I would more likely go to a camping place for less likely hood of shitlibs.

discussing experience with diversity

I so believed in equality I didn't look around for packs of blacks before using an ATM card & ended up having some cry to cops I fought dirty after 5 attacked me with a sucker punch caught on the banks security camera. I couldn't believe it was possible to fight dirty 1 vs 5.

Yes, but you CAN treat everyone with respect

Liberals can never understand per capita, diminishing returns, or the difference between respect & courtesy.

OT: lets hope this is some sand nig on sand nig violencehttps://www.yahoo.com/news/investigators-seek-suspects-minnesota-mosque-bombing-134252014.html

"Experience with diversity?" Perhaps Mr. Bushnell is unaware that experience with (unfiltered-- i.e. not just talented tenth) diversity tends to give people a realistic view of what "vibrant" really means? What are the politics of whites in Vermont vs. Alabama? Recruiting employees who have had significant experience with the reality of "diversity" might lead to some unintended consequences.

It'd be interesting if the company used illegal means to obtain such information."

Likely obtained data from Google or Faceberg. Remember, it's illegal to boycott an insignificant Middle Eastern country, but there's nothing wrong with a hundred or so major corporations engaging in a conspiracy in restraint of trade against North Carolina because muh trannies.

@42 Out of Nod"Not sure, but at one time I thought I heard that Bezos was more libertarian in his leanings...acquisition of WaPo caused me to question that."

It's interesting to note that Amazon got a huge CIA contract for cloud computing right around the same time that Bezos bought WaPo. WaPo, of ciurse, has a big history with the CIA's Operation Mockingbird. Philip Graham was in charge of it at one point.

The commies at Counterpunch on WaPo and Mockingbird (not bad, except they think that the CIA is "right wing," of course):https://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/30/the-cia-and-the-press-when-the-washington-post-ran-the-cias-propaganda-network/

I don't like Google, and use the absolute minimum of their products that I can. But I didn't think the opportunity to short their stock would be announced with such a clarion call. If I were an investor, I'd be asking for these SJW's heads as they are doing their damnedest to destroy shareholder value by driving out the actual talent.

This is clearly a violation of the Law. AirBnB is a Public Accommodation [hotel] (so are Twitter and Facebook, for that matter) and they do not have the right to refuse service to the public on the basis of "a person's national origin, race, color, religion, disability, sex, and familial status.

You can stop ghost-dancing any decade now. The interpretation of 'Muh constitushun' is determined solely by those who wear the black robes, who are all of the same SJW-hivemind (those robes need a makeover into a rainbow pattern, or perhaps hot-pink). Under extant rulings hetero-normal whites - especially those who have expressed any kind of badthink - are not subject to any of the anti-discrimination benefits of the 1964 civil rights act or any of its many legal medusa-heads as they are the designated oppressors of the precious ones. As long as a "public accomodation" is owned by either a precious one (in Californistan, whites are actually a minority but they are not defined in law as one) or by the (((super-intelligent fake-whites))) such rules do not apply - being precious or the priestly-protectors of the precious. "Hate-crimes" are applied in much the same way. Conservatives are there to ensure that no changes are made to the application of such laws, less their (((priest-paymasters))) become displeased and they disobey Judeo-Christ.

basementhomebrewer wrote:he SJWs at AirBnB think they can survive any backlash because they are the industry "brand name". The problem is, the industry is still really young and there are virtually no barriers to entry for any more freedom focused competition.

Any reaction from the milquetoast conservatives ? Are they finally seeing that there is a problem with whole sectors of what has become mass economic activity being controlled by members of an antiwhite/commie friendly/sjw monoculture ?Do they want to wait until sjw converged banks start confiscating their money bc "was earned thru racism" ?

American Spartan wrote:And this is why and how the SWJ companies will die, either their alienate their base/customers or they will just implode via the SJW goals making them too big/bloated/"diverse" to continue/exist.

This kind of statement is made all the time. It is true in a long-term sense only. The thing you are missing is that Google, FB, et al were all built up to their size by the infusion of fake-money by the owners of the counterfeiting monopoly, followed by their fellow Wall Street criminals throwing tons of other people's money at them to inflate values exponentially beyond what they are really worth. Once huge, they become yet another entity who is too big to jail and serves as a conduit to pay off politicians. The whole racket continues because idiots continue to borrow fake-money and to otherwise buy into a system designed to strip-mine them of everything. So, as long as the connected criminals who control pension funds, mutual funds, etc. continue to throw OPM at Twitter, Google, FB, AirBB, etc. - it does not matter if they lose money, especially since much of the actual loss can be hidden anyway.

We've (my wife and I) have never used AirBNB for our holiday bookings. We've always used vrbo.com or homeaway.com, which predate AirBNB and are just as good. I just use conventional hotels for work travel. Likewise, I've never used Uber either. I always rent a car when traveling. The only time I've used a taxi is going from the home to the airport where we live, and the conventional taxi services work just fine for this. i can even schedule taxi pickup on-line where I live.

In the past five years especially, everything that Google has touched has turned into a turd.

Anybody who has to work with their frameworks knows that they're dealing with a technically incompetent company. Throw in the fact that the company is not very heavy into product sales ("Chromebooks? We still sell those?") and what future do they have outside of dwindling ad sales?

AirBnB is on DANGEROUS ground. Big cities and powerful lobbies already don't like them because of their blatant skirting of the rules. This is just the thing that a lot of cities would cooperate with to get the ball rolling against them.

Alexandros wrote:How much of this cancerous nonsense does it take for a company as massive as google to actually go under? Why is Amazon seemingly better inoculated against this when it has the same types of crazies working for them?

Longer than most of us realize. d.c. sunsets is a regular here who seems to have a grasp of the situation better than most. As I mentioned above, the sheer volume of fake-money, followed by infusion of other people's real-money under the the criminals running the cartel laughably referred to as the "free-market" insulate such places from much of the destruction for a long time. But there's another - possibly even more important - factor which is very difficult to quantify. d.c. sunsets likes to explain it in terms of public mood or optimistic goodfeelz. How long will it take before all the dumbasses who continually buy into the system wake up to the fact they're being systematically strip-mined by a completely rigged extraction racket?? When the day comes that a critical mass wakes up to the full hideous reality of what's been done to them, the goodfeelz mood will evaporate very fast.

The Deuce wrote:A "Christian" minister SJW, the worst kind. Most likely gay too. His FB practically reads like self-parody. Rainbow filters and silly gender - neutral terms for God as far as the eye can see.

He is openly gay, and (at least when I worked with him) enjoyed making his straight co-workers uncomfortable with salacious references and jokes. He is actually a really good programmer, assuming your startup wants to have a NoSQL database written from scratch in Chicken Scheme.

Gen. Kong wrote:This is clearly a violation of the Law. AirBnB is a Public Accommodation [hotel] (so are Twitter and Facebook, for that matter) and they do not have the right to refuse service to the public on the basis of "a person's national origin, race, color, religion, disability, sex, and familial status.

You can stop ghost-dancing any decade now. The interpretation of 'Muh constitushun' is determined solely by those who wear the black robes, who are all of the same SJW-hivemind (those robes need a makeover into a rainbow pattern, or perhaps hot-pink). Under extant rulings hetero-normal whites - especially those who have expressed any kind of badthink - are not subject to any of the anti-discrimination benefits of the 1964 civil rights act or any of its many legal medusa-heads as they are the designated oppressors of the precious ones. As long as a "public accomodation" is owned by either a precious one (in Californistan, whites are actually a minority but they are not defined in law as one) or by the (((super-intelligent fake-whites))) such rules do not apply - being precious or the priestly-protectors of the precious. "Hate-crimes" are applied in much the same way. Conservatives are there to ensure that no changes are made to the application of such laws, less their (((priest-paymasters))) become displeased and they disobey Judeo-Christ.

Ghost dancing. heh.

Very true.

We are entering a power is truth phase in our history which is terrible for the old, sick and those who crave peace, stability and wealth.

Its not as bad for reformers though and for national restoration or depending on how things go those who wouldn't mind a retirement plan in the form of a little gas station fort with some severed head decorations

Nobody likes hypocrisy. The Leftist Liberals seem to hate it the most and yet practice it the most. Somehow it is wrong to refuse to bake a wedding cake for homosexuals, it is wrong to refuse to hire convicted felons, it is wrong to discriminate in hiring, it is wrong to boycott Leftist-led corporations who engage in virtue signaling, it is wrong to disagree with the policies of a Half-Negro president, it is wrong to assume girls are girls and boys are boys....but somehow it is not wrong to deny American citizens the equal rights enjoyed by others. To the Leftists, people cannot be free to vote their own conscience, they cannot hold political opinions the Leftists find annoying or contrary, they have no right to assembly and free speech, unless it includes burning police cars or waving foreign flags.

THAT boys and girls, is why open conflict in this country is inevitable and unavoidable....no matter what happens to Donald Trump.

I'm sure that no interviewee ever lied, nope, not once, ever! I'd just walk into a Google interview with a "muh refugees welcome" sign hanging from my neck, point at Mr. Bushnell, and sing "I really really like you!"Hired on the spot.

I'll try one of those next time. Vrbo and home away are unfortunately not too great for the owners (which is how airbnb got big in the first place) but I would hate to support airbnb again as a guest given their direction.

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